Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

Loukas Ziaras is a new media artist and researcher working at the intersection of visual culture, theology, and digital technologies. He holds degrees in Audiovisual Arts & Digital Media (BA, MA) from the Ionian University and in Social Theology and Religious Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (BA), with further studies in cultural communication and lighting design.

His research explores the primordial human need to shape materials into images that convey meaning—visible and invisible—across time and space. He focuses on the evolution of image-making tools and technologies, emphasizing the role of light and materiality in the transmission of knowledge and spiritual experience. His interests include innovation within tradition, Mediterranean visual cultures, the impact of virtual and augmented reality on perception, and theological questions such as the Trinity, imagination, symbolism, and the metaphysics of presence.

Ziaras combines artistic practice with academic research, experimenting with the integration of culture, artistic creation, and new media. He has produced and exhibited digital artworks at theaters and festivals, and has worked on large-scale productions involving 3D mapping and augmented reality for cultural and corporate events.

He is co-founder of LOOX, an organization for research, innovation, and cultural education. Through LOOX, he develops participatory environments that connect theology, art, and immersive technologies, promoting creative dialogue and spiritual exploration within contemporary digital culture.